I’m kinda stuck, but motoring on with my two experimental flower paintings. Being stuck is nothing new. It happens every time I get beyond the fresh start of a new painting and continues until I’m suddenly almost finished and everything magically falls into place. The middle part always brings on doubts, confusion and sometimes (often) despair. It doesn’t matter that this is the process I go through every single time—I never believe I’ll be able to find solutions each and every time.
Here are the flower paintings as of today:
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The top painting is larger than it looks reproduced—20″ x 60″. The square painting is 36″ x 36″
Also in progress—2-12″ x 12″ water paintings.
Jim recently photographed a completed painting, thanks Jim—
Green Gold Float Acrylic painting on panel 16×16 $560
I had to laugh when i saw your title. I actually said that this spring when I was on a Posie kick. I attributed it to our insane winter. Then I was on a lobster buoy spree which is probably the most over done subject in Maine!( My husband fishes so I have spent a share of my time on his lobster boat) I finally realized when we have a form, shape, subject that is so familiar to us it allows us to fall totally into COLOR! Which is TOO MUCH FUN so why fight it!
Yes, color and the use of texture & pattern are challenging and fun. I’m calling these “oppositional paintings” because they are so not what’s going on in the big art world of today. Looking forward to seeing you in December.